Fence



(No Model.)

- P. SOHMITZ.

FENGE. I I

- Patented Mar. 25,1884.

WITNESSES a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK SCHMITZ, OF CORNELL, ILLINOIS.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,679, dated March 25, 1884.

Application filed April 9, 1883. (N0 model.)

To all whom it 777/011], concern:

Beit known that I, FRANK ScHMITz, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cornell, in county of Livingston and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Fences, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improvement in wire fences; and it consists in the fence-posts A and A, secured to base-bars B, keys K, board H, and longitudinal wires F, the parts being arranged substantially as hereinafter more fully specified.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front View in perspective. Fig. .2 is a rear View in perspective, and Figs.,3 and 4are details thereof.

In carrying out my invention, I construct my fence in sections, which sections each comprise a central post and two wing-posts, as shown. The wing-posts are composed of the flat bars a and b, keyed together at right angles to each other by the keys K. The bar a, is flared or projected at an angle outward from the fence near its lower part, and its end is bent to conform to the same plane as the transverse basebar B, to which it is pinned by the pine. The longitudinal side of bar 6 abuts against bar a, and it is bent near its lower part at an angle corresponding to bar a, and projected rearward to form abifurcated post, the end 9 thereof being bent to conform to the same plane as base-bar B, to which it is pinned, as shown. The bars I) and b of the fence-posts, located at eitherwing of each fencesection, are provided with recesses D for reception of the strands of fence-wire F. The metallic keys K are of uniform size, the

T-shaped slot shown therein (see Fig. 3) being adapted for reception of the flat bars forming 0 the fence-posts. The center posts, A, are each composed of two flat metallic bars, a and 01, having their fiat sides braced together longitudinally from the top to near the bottom thereof. These flat bars at a suitable distance from the ground are projected in reverse directions to the front and rear, to form a suitable base or support, and at bottom are pinned to the base-bars B, their ends being bent to conform to the plane of the base-bars, which may be anchored beneath the plane of the surface earth.

The fencewires F and the boards of the fence are secured to the center posts, 0 and d, by the wire ties T, as shown.

The fence-board Hmay be securedto the bars a and a on the inner side thereof, or on the outside and inside thereof alternately, and when secured on the outside the outer board i is caused to overlap the inner board, and is riveted thereto and to the fence-post,as shown, and the inner board is riveted to the flat bar a.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

In a fence, the combination of the board H, wires F, keyed bars a and b, transverse bar B, and keys K, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK SOHMITZ.

Witnesses:

' T. A. SPRAGUE,

ANDREW SPRAGUE; 

